Using MEL to present Chinese characters at brief display times

Most studies that present Chinese characters at brief display intervals (10–100 msec) use tachistoscopic presentation. The present paper describes a way of using software packages NJSTAR (for generating Chinese characters) and MEL (for programming an experiment) to achieve computer CRT presentation. Techniques for (1) enlarging and smoothing characters, and (2) presenting characters at brief display times are featured. The techniques can be applied to brief CRT presentation of any graphics. A replication study is presented to demonstrate that the techniques produce reliable data.